Morrow’s Gynecologic Cancer Surgery, 2nd Edition is an invaluable comprehensive surgical text book resource containing step-by-step written and illustrated descriptions of all the important operations in the field of gynecologic oncology.

Benefit from the concise coverage of the relevant anatomy, surgical principles, pre-and postoperative care, and management of surgical complications, written by one of the world’s leading gynecologic oncology surgeon.

Extensively illustrated and well-documented by an abundance of references to the scientific literature, Morrow’s Gynecologic Cancer Surgery, 2nd Edition is a timeless classic which will be consulted endlessly.

Chapters 1-3

The first three Chapters are devoted to issues common to all major surgery, and constitute the framework into which the specific surgical procedures must be integrated to optimize a successful outcome.

Chapter 4

Chapter IV is dedicated to surgical anatomy, which is the fundamental basis of all surgical procedures. It is replete with detailed drawings of all regions of the body important to the gynecologic cancer surgeon.

Chapter 5

Wound healing is impaired in many patients with gynecologic cancer, especially the malnourished or irradiated patient. Thus, the gynecologic oncologist must be well versed in the identification of and alleviation of malnutrition, the adverse effects of radiation on wound and operative complications, and the selection and performance of the best incision for the anticipated operative procedure.

Chapters 6 and 7

Surgery on the bowel and urinary tract are an important part of some operations for gynecologic cancers. The management of complications related to these organ systems whether a consequence of the tumor itself, or surgery or radiation therapy is of vital relevance to gynecologic oncology. All these issues are discussed in detail in Chapters VI and VII.

Chapter 8

One of the most important mangement phases of some gynecologic cancers is the reconstruction of the operative site (perineum, vagina). The indications for, and postoperative care of skin grafts, local flaps, and myocutaneous flaps are presented in addition to the step-by-step description of these procedures.

Chapters 9 -13

The discussion and detailed description of the surgical procedures are integrated into Chapters IX-XIII in an organ-centered arrangement maximizing the association of the treatment with the known behavior, prognosis, and extent of the various neoplasms.

For each operation there is an accompanying discussion of the indications for the procedure, the details of the associated surgical procedures, the potential postoperative complications and their management.

Final Chapter

The final Chapter on the trophoblastic tumors of pregnancy, the malignant forms of which are rare, relatively easy to diagnose, and highly curable with chemotherapy. Unfortunately they are also lethal if not diagnosed early and managed correctly.